The Kremlin is hesitant about allowing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to run for presidency. However, he might be seen as both a tool of attracting voters to the polling stations and a troublemaker

The Russian presidential campaign unofficially launched with Alexei Navalny’s announcement that he’s running for the presidency in 2018. But a lot has to happen between now and then for that to become a reality

According to experts, the recent appointment of Sergei Kiriyenko as first deputy chief of chief of the Presidential Administration fits well into Putin’s strategy for the country before and after the presidential elections in 2018

The centralization of the nation’s security forces within a new Ministry of State Security is either a pragmatic management move – or a precursor to the return of the all-powerful KGB of the Soviet era

While members of the Russian liberal opposition will participate in this weekend’s Duma elections, there is very little chance that their parties will receive enough votes to gain any seats in the new parliament

Now that the Russian Paralympic team has been banned from participating in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, it remains to be seen if Moscow will be able to defend the interests of its athletes in the international court system

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to appoint the “siloviki” — officials from the law enforcement, security, and military structures — to positions of influence within the country, and that’s leading to a power struggle at the very top